Jeezy surprised Jeannie with a proposal during an at-home date night in Los Angeles, having originally planned to propose in Vietnam.

Let's face it: we need all the good news we can get right now, which is why Jeannie Mai and Jeezy's engagement announcement came as such a welcome interlude on Monday. The couple have been dating for a little over a year and are clearly besotted with each other.

Viewers of The Real will be familiar with their love story because Mai has opened up several times on the show about finding her "equal" in Jeezy, and how meeting him has redefined her sense of what she deserves from a partner.

"I didn't even know until my new relationship that something as basic, even something as basic as like at his birthday party, he left his birthday to drive me to the airport. He was looking at me like 'Are you crazy? I need to see you off. I'm going to drive you to the airport. So I'm just saying... just be mindful of your standards," Mai said during a tearful October conversation on The Real.

During a recent April episode of the talk show, Mai got emotional while discussing her divorce from ex-husband Freddy Harteis, and how she overcame such a dark time in her life.

"If you guys have friends that have been divorced, it is one of the most traumatic things that can happen because you just feel like you failed, you feel embarrassed of all those people that were there at your wedding," she said. "You get jaded. I remember telling you guys, 'I'm not getting married again' ... The thing I think that saved me is that I never gave up on love. I never gave up on love because love is so omnipresent and it's so healing that the only reason why I recognize healthy love with Jay today is because I took that time to love myself."

She continued, "The divorce hurt. People change. People behave in ways that you didn't expect it. It makes you completely not able to trust anybody after that."

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If her tough but inspiring journey left you wanting more, here's a full timeline of Mai and Jeezy's romance.

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November 2018: Mai and Jeezy begin dating.

Although their relationship wasn't public knowledge at the time, the couple began "quietly dating" in the late fall of 2018, according to People. They met on the set of Mai's daytime talk show The Real.

Almost a full year later, Mai reflected on her early courtship with Jeezy during an episode of the show. "I just got to know him in November," she said. "He's introspective. He's passionate. He's incredibly deep. He's a visionary. He's a great leader. He’s an amazing servant to his community."

January 2019: The couple appear together in an Instagram photo.

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Romance rumors began to swirl after Mai and Jeezy appeared together in a group photo on actress Malika Haqq's Instagram. Around the same time, Mai admitted during an episode of The Real that there was something developing. "Jeezy and I hang out,” she said at the time. “He’s very special to me, so we don’t really have a label to define what it is we’re doing. We’re just having a good time together.”

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April 2019: The couple make their first public appearance together.

Mai accompanied Jeezy to his inaugural SnoBall Gala in Atlanta, an event held to raise money for Jeezy's local non-profit Street Dreamz. According to People, Mai and Jeezy "walked into the event arm-in-arm and were all smiles through the night."

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August 2019: Mai talks about Jeezy in greater detail on The Real.

Shortly after they appeared at the Street Dreamz gala, Mai opened up about their relationship, telling her Real co-hosts she found her "equal" in Jeezy.

"The things I've been criticized for my whole life and in my past relationships, 'Jeannie you're too deep, you think about things too much,' 'Why's everything got to have a purpose?' I'm not one for small talk or small conversations, I want to know, 'Why do you think the way you do? What brought you to look at things the way you do? Who are you? Who’s important to you? And I found my equal," she explained to co-hosts Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, and Tamera Mowry-Housley.

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November 2019: Mai and Jeezy spend Thanksgiving together.

Mai revealed on The Real back in November that she and her beau had spent their first Thanksgiving together in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.

“It was an unforgettable, surreal moment," Mai said during the show, per People. "It was the first time that we obviously spent Thanksgiving together, and to be able to have an intimate dinner with his family," she said. “They’re all such lovely people, and they’re fun.”

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Mai added that this was her first time meeting much of Jeezy's extended family. "They got mad cousins!" she joked, adding that Jeezy's aunt even brought an incredibly sweet surprise just for Mai. "[His aunt] came with Tupperware, chitlins and oxtail, and they were just for me!” she said. “They weren’t for everyone, and she was like, ‘These are just for you, don’t let anyone else have them.’ It was so wonderful to meet his family and be able to spend time together. It was special.”

April 2020: Jeezy proposed to Mai.

The couple announced their engagement on Monday, April 6. According to People, Jeezy was originally planning to propose during a trip to Vietnam, which was cancelled amidst widespread travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Undeterred, Jeezy instead surprised Mai with a proposal during a date night at home in Los Angeles. “Jeannie and Jay were set for a trip to Vietnam this April. What Jeannie didn’t know is that Jay was planning to propose,” a representative for Mai told People. “Instead, Jay decided to bring Vietnam to Jeannie with a surprise quarantine date night in his home filled with Vietnamese food and decor.”

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She added that taking time to get to know herself post-divorce was crucial, and allowed her to recognize something truly great when it came along. "For me, being alone in that time that I took to myself was my upgrade," she noted. "That was my upgrade."

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